Innovative Programs Help Blunt Problems Caused By Primary Care Shortage
Some physician offices offer innovative options to counter primary care shortages. In addition, nursing shortages loom.
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First Edition: August 16, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including coverage of emerging state health reform implementation issues.
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Obama Reschedules Meeting With State Insurance Regulators
President will invite insurance commissioners to the White House next month. His speech to the group Tuesday was canceled because of a scheduling conflict.
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U.S. Officials Probing Payments By Drug And Device Makers To Doctors Overseas
"In much of the rest of the world, doctors are government employees. And even consulting arrangements that would be considered routine in the United States might violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, particularly if the payments are outsize or the arrangements are not disclosed to the governments," The New York Times reports.
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Delegates Explore Agricultural Cooperation, Expanded Ties At Two-Day China-Africa Agricultural Forum
Chinese and African officials concluded the China-Africa Agricultural Forum in Beijing on Thursday, which explored possibilities for agricultural cooperation and addressed food security issues, Xinhua reports.
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U.S. Increases Pakistan Flood Aid Contribution; Sen. Kerry To Visit Flood-Hit Pakistan
"The State Department said Thursday that the U.S. financial commitment to Pakistan flood relief has reached $76 million," VOA News reports (Gollust, 8/12).
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Mathematical Model Projects Potential Impact Of Current Tools Fighting Malaria In Africa
Current tools for combating malaria, such as artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) and increasing coverage of insecticide-treated bednets (ITN) "could dramatically reduce the burden of malignant malaria on parts of Africa if a comprehensive, sustained intervention programme were in place," according to a study published this week in PLoS Medicine, CORDIS News reports.
"According to the study, half of the world's population is at risk of malaria infection, and every year it claims the lives of nearly 1 million people in sub-Saharan Africa," the news service adds. "Plasmodium falciparum, one of the species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans, is transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes that normally bite (and inject the deadly parasites) at night," CORDIS News reports (8/11).By khnweb -
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Insurers Defend Less Generous Policies, Medical Loss Ratio Definitions; Obama To Talk With Insurance Commissioners
News outlets covered various conflicts about how to interpret the new health law, especially focusing on how to define what insurers can claim are legitimate medical expenses, as opposed to administrative costs.
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Arizona Lawmakers Challenge Health Overhaul
A group of Arizona lawmakers has become the latest to challenge the federal health law as they "joined a conservative watchdog group Thursday in filing a 78-page lawsuit," Fox News reports.
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Today’s Opinions: Rep. Ryan’s Plan To Aid Medicare; The Burden On Health Law Supporters In Va.; Evaluating Medicare Actuary’s Estimates
Today's opinions range from the notion of Medicaid "rescissions" to patients' acceptance of foreign-trained doctors.
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Medicare Fraudsters Shift Targets A La ‘Whack-A-Mole’
In an effort to staunch the flow of up to $60 billion a year to Medicare fraudsters, federal officials are launching a series of new safeguards that target program areas favored by the con artists.
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Research Roundup: Disabled Medicare Enrollees’ Challenges; Increasing ER Visits; Costs/Benefits Of Part D
This week's research roundup features studies and briefs from Health Affairs, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Archives of Internal Medicine, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Urban Institute, the Institutes of Medicine and Mathematica.
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The Federal Health IT Push Remains In The Spotlight
Doctors across the country including Tahsina Atiquzzaman in Kissimmee, Fla., are "shredding paper charts and ushering in digital records as part of the health care milestones announced last month by the federal government," The Orlando Sentinel/Modesto Bee reports.
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Medicare Disability Recipient Dies Of Brain Tumor After Having Coverage Interrupted
Paula Oertel, a Medicare disability beneficiary whose brain tumor disappeared for nine years while she was on an expensive drug, died after having her insurance coverage -- and drug treatment -- interrupted.
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Four Mass. Hospitals Investigate Trashing Of Patient Health Records, Calif. Employers Worry About Workers Using Marijuana On Job
States address a range of health care policy issues.
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Hospitals’ ‘Bad Debts’ Grow As Even Insured Patients Have Trouble Paying Medical Bills
"Because of rising deductibles and cost-sharing rules, patients are increasingly faced with bills that would have been unusual for someone with insurance a few years ago," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
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First Edition: August 13, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including an exploration of a variety of health policy issues, ranging from consumer protections regarding benefit rights to the cost of electronic medical records.
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Insurers, Small Businesses And ER Care All Affected By Overhaul
News outlets consider health reform's changes on insurers - who are seeking flexibility on mandates - as well as changes to premiums, small businesses and emergency room care.
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